Bond yields trade lower on Thursday

21 Nov 2019 Evaluate

Bond yields edged lower on Thursday, as the federal cabinet's approval for strategic disinvestment of the government’s stake in five state-run companies eased concerns about a likely fiscal slippage.

In the global market, US long-dated yields fell to three-week lows on Wednesday, weighed down by renewed jitters about trade talks with China after news, citing sources, that a ‘phase one’ or preliminary deal may not be completed this year. Furthermore, Oil prices retreated as a spat over Hong Kong added to worries of a delay in any US-China trade deal, after posting steep gains in the previous session on bullish US crude inventory data.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points lower at 6.48% from its previous close of 6.46% on Wednesday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points higher at 6.26% from its previous close of 6.23% on Wednesday.

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